Křížovský sent him to a choirmaster of the Cathedral of St. Křížovský was impressed by his talent, but he was not able to admit and fund him, as he had just admitted another talented young musician, Leoš Janáček. His music teacher sent him to Pavel Křížkovský, choirmaster of St Thomas's Abbey in Brno, to be admitted to the choir and to have his studies funded by the monastery. Īfter completing Volksschule, he wanted to continue with his studies, but his family was not able to fund them, as they were already funding the studies of his three step-siblings. He also had a talent for music: he was an alto singer and violin player. In the preschool period, he drew exclusively with his left hand. Mucha showed an early talent for drawing a local merchant impressed by his work provided him with paper for free, though it was considered a luxury. Alphonse was his first child with Amálie, followed by Anna and Anděla. Ondřej had six children, all with names starting with A. His family had a very modest income his father Ondřej was a court usher, and his mother Amálie was a miller's daughter. Mucha was born on 24 July 1860 in the small town of Ivančice in southern Moravia, then a province of the Austrian Empire (currently a region of the Czech Republic). Portrait of Saints Cyril and Methodius for the Roman Catholic church in Pisek, North Dakota (1887) He considered it his most important work. In 1928, on the 10th anniversary of the independence of Czechoslovakia, he presented the series to the Czech nation. In the second part of his career, at the age of 57, he returned to his homeland and devoted himself to a series of twenty monumental symbolist canvases known as The Slav Epic, depicting the history of all the Slavic peoples of the world, which he painted between 19. He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels, as well as designs, which became among the best-known images of the period.

Legion of Honor (France), Knight of the Order of Franz Joseph I (Austria)Īlfons Maria Mucha ( Czech: ( listen) 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, widely known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt. Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

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